tanyb678 Neutral Newbie February 21, 2017 Share February 21, 2017 How old is your car.? one year. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ER-3682 Twincharged February 21, 2017 Share February 21, 2017 (edited) one year. Quite new,bought new..?Still cannot imagine a 1 year old car like this. Edited February 21, 2017 by ER-3682 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domwoon Neutral Newbie February 23, 2017 Share February 23, 2017 1.8 or 2.0L pls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderang 2nd Gear February 28, 2017 Author Share February 28, 2017 Yesterday I went down to VW to replace my battery. Battery has been feeling weak for the past 2 weeks to yesterday went down to dialogue for a check and it turned out the battery was totally worn off. Since car still under 3 years' warranty, they replaced it FOC though i have to wait ~1.5hrs, which is not too bad since i went there ard 5pm. My B8 1.8L only 14 months old, thus i am really surprised the battery died on me so soon. Mileage now ~24,000km. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ER-3682 Twincharged February 28, 2017 Share February 28, 2017 Yesterday I went down to VW to replace my battery. Battery has been feeling weak for the past 2 weeks to yesterday went down to dialogue for a check and it turned out the battery was totally worn off. Since car still under 3 years' warranty, they replaced it FOC though i have to wait ~1.5hrs, which is not too bad since i went there ard 5pm. My B8 1.8L only 14 months old, thus i am really surprised the battery died on me so soon. Mileage now ~24,000km. 14 Months already very good,i remember my Brother In Law's Sharan,just 8 Months,is dead,but luckily the VW Assist came in 45 Mins & change for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstt Neutral Newbie March 2, 2017 Share March 2, 2017 Yesterday I went down to VW to replace my battery. Battery has been feeling weak for the past 2 weeks to yesterday went down to dialogue for a check and it turned out the battery was totally worn off. Since car still under 3 years' warranty, they replaced it FOC though i have to wait ~1.5hrs, which is not too bad since i went there ard 5pm. My B8 1.8L only 14 months old, thus i am really surprised the battery died on me so soon. Mileage now ~24,000km. How u feel battery is weak? What kind of symptoms? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matoonia 6th Gear March 2, 2017 Share March 2, 2017 does any body face engine stalled? When I was overtaking, engine stalled, My car was hit by the car behind it. Sent my car back to workshop, VW said car fine, they can't find the issue. Asked me to claim from insurance. My concern is when will engine stall again? If happen on high way, how? They don't care your life. Ask you to monitor only! Is your car 1.8? When you mean engine stall is when u step on accelerator it does not rev? What happened to my B6 last time was clutch slip, which means to say that it was GB issue, not engine. I ever experienced clutch total slip (ie suddenly went into neutral gear) when changing gear, and gear stuck (ie stuck on gear 3 cannot go up cannot go down manual overide also cannot and when come to complete stop it's still at gear 3). Just to be clear as I seldom hear engine stall, usually is GB or MU problems. The common engine problem is usually misfiring and eat engine oil for TC cars. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthboy 4th Gear March 2, 2017 Share March 2, 2017 (edited) The passat is such a beautiful car. It is a shame on the part of VW that it has such a scary issue. Edited March 2, 2017 by Earthboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderang 2nd Gear March 2, 2017 Author Share March 2, 2017 How u feel battery is weak? What kind of symptoms?Soft ignition sound when I push start the engine. Then a few days before the battery replacement, I need to push through start button a few times b4 can start the car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grorik Neutral Newbie March 21, 2017 Share March 21, 2017 Hi Bros, I am newbie for the Passat. Took my ride early this month. It a nice and powerful car. Any meet up or gathering? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cochran 1st Gear June 3, 2017 Share June 3, 2017 Deciding between this B8 comfortline and the Audi A4 with VC on today promo. B8 $144,999 event car Audi A4 with VC $156,999 B8 dep is about 13k yearly and A4 is about 14k yearly. Or civic turbo at 12k...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamburger Hypersonic June 3, 2017 Share June 3, 2017 Civic turbo? Where got time.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ER-3682 Twincharged June 4, 2017 Share June 4, 2017 Deciding between this B8 comfortline and the Audi A4 with VC on today promo. B8 $144,999 event car Audi A4 with VC $156,999 B8 dep is about 13k yearly and A4 is about 14k yearly. Or civic turbo at 12k...... VW very value for $$$,hoped the DSG no more problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian1 2nd Gear June 4, 2017 Share June 4, 2017 VW very value for $$$,hoped the DSG no more problem.If you dig deeper, you will realise that VW ask very huge markup on their cars. Roughly, the margin is 100% or equivalent to the OMV. 4 months back I wanted to buy the Passat Variant R-Line OMV about $38k. They wanted about 190k. I remembered it worked out to $40k profit on a car that is only worth $38k. Thus, giving 1 free car to VW for every car we purchase. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ER-3682 Twincharged June 4, 2017 Share June 4, 2017 Most Agent mark up about $30-40K for this class of Cars... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyco_kia 4th Gear June 5, 2017 Share June 5, 2017 If you dig deeper, you will realise that VW ask very huge markup on their cars. Roughly, the margin is 100% or equivalent to the OMV. 4 months back I wanted to buy the Passat Variant R-Line OMV about $38k. They wanted about 190k. I remembered it worked out to $40k profit on a car that is only worth $38k. Thus, giving 1 free car to VW for every car we purchase. you are joking right? have you seen the markup on the BMW 5 series? it's 100k per car hor....can buy another new japanese car with spare change.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian1 2nd Gear June 5, 2017 Share June 5, 2017 Thus, taking us for a ride!! No reason to be charging such high margins given the horrible after sales service. I currently own the 7-series. The OMV is 90,000. I remembered paying only about $40,000 margin on a $90,000 OMV car in 2008. you are joking right? have you seen the markup on the BMW 5 series? it's 100k per car hor....can buy another new japanese car with spare change....Yes agreed on the 5 series. PErformance Motors have gone crazy. The OMV on the 5 Series is only around $48k when I enquired and the selling price $270k - $280k. I think several PIs are offering it at $220k - $230k with an OMV of 52k to 54k Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cochran 1st Gear June 5, 2017 Share June 5, 2017 Just booked the Passat comfortline at $144,400 event unit. 30k omv car. Work out to about 13k dep per year. Close price to camry and accord and mazda 6 price. Any mod or addon for the car to increase the accessories on the car? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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